break back
To win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against…To win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.
» Tom tried to put the broken pieces back together.
Meaning
1 sensesTo win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.
Examples
12 sentencesTom tried to put the broken pieces back together.
Tom glued the broken vase back together.
deTom hat die kaputte Vase wieder zusammengeklebt.
I tried to glue that broken vase back together.
I break the back of the work.
This work is enough to break my back.
ruОт этой работы можно надорваться.
deDiese Arbeitsbelastung ist zu schwer für mich.
Forms
breaks back, breaking back, broke back, broken back| Base form | break back · to break back |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | breaks back |
| Present participle | breaking back |
| Past simple | broke back |
| Past participle | broken back |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- break upрозлучитися, розлучатисяTo break or separate into pieces.
- break offвідколотися, відколюватисяTo remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
- break outвтікти, спалахуватиTo escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
- break inзламати, ламатиTo enter a place by force or illicit means.
- break downзламатися, впастиTo stop functioning.
- break awayбігати, бігтиTo leave suddenly.
- break throughвивергати, вивергатисяTo gain popularity.
- break apartрозбитися, розбиватисяTo dismantle something into its base components.
More 4
- break onTo humiliate (someone); to scold or demean (someone) in public.
- break backTo win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.
- break intoTo enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
- break withTo cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb